By Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and founder, DAAR Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi has died at the age of 71.
According to THE WHISTLER, his family member confirmed this on Monday, saying the media mogul died at a hospital in Abuja.
A family source who doesn’t want to be mentioned, said Dokpesi had suffered a stroke shortly after the recent Ramadan fast.
The family source further said that Dokpesi was eventually placed on occupational therapy to improve his daily activities through walking out at the gym.
The source said during one of his routine gym exercises, Dokpesi was electrocuted while using one of the gym equipment, leading to stroke and his eventual death.
The Dokpesi family is expected to issue a statement on the development soon.
Dokpesi founded the African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM and was the deputy Director-General of technical and systems of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign Council.
